Draymond Green vs. Arvydas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Arvydas Sabonis and Draymond Green, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Draymond Green played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Arvydas Sabonis, who played 7. Draymond Green had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Arvydas Sabonis had his rookie season in 1995-96. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Draymond Green	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2012-13	1995-96
Team	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	79	13.4	2.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.6	2.0	1.1	3.3	.327	0.2	0.8	.209	0.6	0.7	.818
difference:	+6	+10.4	+11.6	+1.3	+3.4	+4.8	+1.1	+0.4	+0.8	-1.5	-0.9	+4.3	+6.6	+.218	+0.3	+0.6	+.166	+2.6	+3.5	+.061
Arvydas Sabonis	73	23.8	14.5	2.0	6.0	8.1	1.8	0.9	1.1	2.1	2.9	5.4	9.9	.545	0.5	1.4	.375	3.2	4.2	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	12	18.6	5.8	1.2	3.1	4.3	1.6	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.9	2.0	4.7	.429	0.8	1.9	.391	1.1	1.4	.765
difference:	+7	+16.8	+17.8	+1.2	+4.7	+5.9	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	-1.0	-0.5	+5.0	+11.5	+.003	+0.2	+0.1	+.165	+7.5	+10.6	+.048
Arvydas Sabonis	5	35.4	23.6	2.4	7.8	10.2	1.8	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.4	7.0	16.2	.432	1.0	1.8	.556	8.6	12.0	.717

Season 3
	Draymond Green	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2014-15	1997-98
Team	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	79	31.5	11.7	1.4	6.7	8.2	3.7	1.6	1.3	1.7	3.2	4.3	9.7	.443	1.4	4.2	.337	1.7	2.5	.660
difference:	+6	+0.5	+4.3	+0.6	+1.2	+1.8	+0.7	+0.7	+0.2	-0.9	-0.5	+1.3	+1.6	+.050	+1.0	+2.6	+.076	+2.7	+3.0	+.138
Arvydas Sabonis	73	32.0	16.0	2.0	7.9	10.0	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.6	3.7	5.6	11.3	.493	0.4	1.6	.261	4.4	5.5	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	21	37.3	13.7	2.2	7.9	10.1	5.2	1.8	1.2	2.8	4.2	4.8	11.4	.417	1.1	4.3	.264	3.0	4.1	.736
difference:	+17	+10.5	+1.4	+0.4	+1.9	+2.3	+3.7		+0.4	-0.3	-0.6	+0.3	+1.4	+.033	+0.8	+3.8	+.236		+0.6	+.121
Arvydas Sabonis	4	26.8	12.3	1.8	6.0	7.8	1.5	1.8	0.8	2.5	4.8	4.5	10.0	.450	0.3	0.5	.500	3.0	3.5	.857

Season 4
	Draymond Green	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2015-16	1998-99
Team	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	81	34.7	14.0	1.7	7.8	9.5	7.4	1.5	1.4	3.2	3.0	5.0	10.1	.490	1.2	3.2	.388	2.8	4.1	.696
difference:	+31	+7.7	+1.9	+0.1	+1.7	+1.6	+5.0	+0.8	+0.1	-1.5	-0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+.005	+1.1	+2.7	+.096	+0.1	+0.6	+.075
Arvydas Sabonis	50	27.0	12.1	1.8	6.1	7.9	2.4	0.7	1.3	1.7	2.9	4.6	9.6	.485	0.1	0.5	.292	2.7	3.5	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	23	38.2	15.4	1.7	8.3	9.9	6.0	1.6	1.8	2.4	3.5	5.2	12.0	.431	1.7	4.5	.365	3.4	4.7	.738
difference:	+10	+8.1	+5.4	+0.8	+0.5	+1.1	+3.8	+0.4	+0.6	-0.9	-0.8	+1.7	+3.3	+.033	+1.6	+4.1	+.165	+0.4	+1.4	+.169
Arvydas Sabonis	13	30.1	10.0	0.9	7.8	8.8	2.2	1.2	1.2	1.5	2.7	3.5	8.7	.398	0.1	0.4	.200	3.0	3.3	.907

Season 5
	Draymond Green	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2016-17	1999-00
Team	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	76	32.5	10.2	1.3	6.6	7.9	7.0	2.0	1.4	2.4	2.9	3.6	8.6	.418	1.1	3.5	.308	2.0	2.8	.709
difference:	+10	+6.9	+1.6	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+5.2	+1.3	+0.2	-0.9	-0.1	+1.0	+0.5	+.087	+1.0	+3.2	+.060	+0.5	+0.2	+.134
Arvydas Sabonis	66	25.6	11.8	1.5	6.3	7.8	1.8	0.7	1.2	1.5	2.8	4.6	9.1	.505	0.1	0.3	.368	2.5	3.0	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	17	34.9	13.1	1.2	7.9	9.1	6.5	1.8	1.6	2.1	3.5	4.2	9.5	.447	1.9	4.6	.410	2.7	3.9	.687
difference:	+1	+4.1	+1.8		+2.4	+2.4	+4.6	+0.9	+0.8	-0.5	-0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+.006	+1.5	+3.3	+.124	+0.3	+0.8	+.109
Arvydas Sabonis	16	30.8	11.3	1.2	5.5	6.7	1.9	0.9	0.8	1.6	3.7	4.3	9.4	.453	0.4	1.3	.286	2.4	3.1	.796

Season 6
	Draymond Green	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2017-18	2000-01
Team	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	70	32.7	11.0	1.1	6.6	7.6	7.3	1.4	1.3	2.9	2.6	4.0	8.8	.454	1.1	3.7	.301	1.9	2.5	.775
difference:	+9	+11.4	+0.9	+0.3	+2.0	+2.2	+5.8	+0.7	+0.3	-1.5	-0.4		+0.3	+.025	+1.1	+3.5	+.234	+0.1	+0.1	+.001
Arvydas Sabonis	61	21.3	10.1	0.8	4.6	5.4	1.5	0.7	1.0	1.4	2.2	4.0	8.5	.479	0.0	0.2	.067	2.0	2.6	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	21	39.0	10.8	2.0	8.6	10.6	8.1	2.0	1.5	3.0	3.6	4.0	9.1	.432	1.0	3.8	.266	1.9	2.3	.796
difference:	+18	+4.0	+0.5	+0.7	+2.9	+2.3	+5.4	+1.7	+0.8	-2.3	-0.4	+0.7	+0.6	+.051	+1.0	+3.1	+.266	+0.1	+0.4	+.046
Arvydas Sabonis	3	35.0	11.3	2.7	5.7	8.3	2.7	0.3	2.3	0.7	4.0	4.7	9.7	.483	0.0	0.7	.000	2.0	2.7	.750

Note: Arvydas Sabonis didn't play in 2001-02.

Season 7
	Draymond Green	Arvydas Sabonis
Season	2018-19	2002-03
Team	Golden State Warriors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	66	31.3	7.4	0.9	6.4	7.3	6.9	1.4	1.1	2.6	3.0	2.8	6.4	.445	0.7	2.5	.285	1.0	1.4	.692
difference:	+12	+15.8	+1.3	+0.2	+3.2	+3.0	+5.1	+0.6	+0.5	-1.6	-1.2	+0.6	+1.8	+.031	+0.7	+2.4	+.215	+0.7	+0.7	+.095
Arvydas Sabonis	78	15.5	6.1	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.0	1.8	2.2	4.6	.476	0.0	0.1	.500	1.7	2.1	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Draymond Green	22	38.7	13.3	1.9	8.3	10.1	8.5	1.5	1.5	3.8	3.9	5.2	10.4	.498	0.6	2.6	.228	2.3	3.2	.718
difference:	+16	+24.2	+3.3	+0.9	+5.3	+6.1	+7.7	+0.8	+0.8	-2.8	-1.6	+1.2	+4.4	+.169	+0.6	+2.6		+0.3	+0.7	+.082
Arvydas Sabonis	6	14.5	10.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.8	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.3	4.0	6.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.800

Additional Years
* Draymond Green played 6 seasons more than Arvydas Sabonis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 2020 to 2025—Draymond Green played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Arvydas Sabonis, Draymond Green got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game